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St. Nicholas Church

Date
1673
Architect
Christoph Dientzenhofer
Style
baroque architecture
Protection
part of cultural heritage site in the Czech Republic
Address
Malostranské náměstí110 00 Praha, Malá Strana
Official website
www.stnicholas.cz/en
Hours and prices
check the official website, they change with the season
On these routes
The Royal Way, Castle and Petřín
St. Nicholas Church

The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Baroque church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It has been described as the greatest example of Prague Baroque.

Sources

Text: introduction of the Wikipedia article St. Nicholas Church (Malá Strana), under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence (authors: article history). Facts: Wikidata (CC0). Coordinates: Wikidata, map background © OpenStreetMap contributors.